les‧son S2 W3 / les ə n / 名词 [可数名词]
1 learning a skill a period of time in which someone is taught a particular skill, for example how to play a musical instrument or drive a car :
piano lessons
have/take lessons
She’s started taking driving lessons.
lesson in/on
lessons in First Aid
lessons in road safety
2 in school British English a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject 同义词 class American English :
Lessons start at 9 o’clock.
French/physics/art etc lesson
I’ve got a double maths lesson next.
lesson in/on
Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish.
3 experience something that provides experience or information that you can learn from and use
learn a lesson (= gain useful experience or information )
There were important lessons to be learned from these discoveries.
The government has failed to learn the lessons of history .
lesson to
The men’s courage and faith is a lesson to us all.
Now let that be a lesson to you all (= be careful to avoid having the same bad experience again ) .
Her fate should be a salutary lesson (= one that teaches or warns you about something ) .
4 book a part of a book that is used for learning a particular subject, especially in school :
Turn to lesson 25.
5 church a short piece that is read from the Bible during a religious ceremony
→ somebody has learned their lesson at learn ( 5 ) , → teach somebody a lesson at teach ( 6 )
COLLOCATIONS
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take lessons He started taking piano lessons at age four.
have lessons I have swimming lessons on Friday.
go to a lesson ( also attend a lesson formal ) I have to go to my French lesson now.
give lessons (= teach lessons ) She made a living giving private lessons in English.
prepare a lesson The teachers spend a long time preparing their lessons.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lesson
a history/physics/maths etc lesson I’ve got a history lesson this afternoon.
a driving/swimming etc lesson Dad said he’d pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.
a piano/guitar etc lesson I’d just started classical guitar lessons.
a private lesson (= a lesson specially for one person rather than for a class ) He gave private lessons in mathematics at the weekends.